Capel Anwes

Capel Anwes is a late medieval hall-house constructed from rubble on boulder foundations, topped with a modern slate roof. The original gable parapets have been lost. It features a large central chimney with a simply-moulded capping and weather-coursing. Most openings are original, except for one on the right gable end. The doors are modern, made of boarded oak, while the windows have plain glazing and modern chamfered oak mullions. The entrance side has two windows to the left and one to the right of the entrance, with Tudor-arched openings and narrow voussoirs. The gable ends each have high windows; the left window is small and primary, while the right has been altered for a loading bay and is now glazed. The rear has a similar arrangement of openings, but most are obscured by two lean-to additions, one of which is from the 20th century and has a corrugated asbestos roof. The entrance side has pronounced boulder foundations and a slate-flagged pavement in front of the entrance, which is now within the lean-to. The original stopped-chamfered, pegged oak doorcase with a segmental head remains.

Inside, the five-bay layout features original arch-braced pegged collar trusses with two tiers of cusped windbraces, some of which have been restored. There is clear evidence of smoke blackening on the roof timbers. A large chimney breast has been inserted into the third bay from the left, facing the open hall of the fourth bay. This hall features a chamfered, heavily depressed Tudor-arched bressummer with a later incised date of 1519. The hall truss is chamfered, while the others are plain. At the dais end, there is a partition truss with an original post-and-panel partition that has outer entrances leading to the parlour and the upper sleeping chamber. The right opening is original with a chamfered, Tudor-arched head, while the left is a modern oak copy. The wall heads have mostly been rebuilt but retain their inner and outer wall plates, built up in rubble above, which is characteristic of the region. Slate flagged floors are present throughout.